MRP boxes

[olivia1]

I know most of you are collectors. So how do you do it?

how do you keep the boxes for the sets intact? My box for the Fantastic Menagerie has came apart and the Fairytale seems to be following suit. the glue on the sides are coming off. ill include a picture. its prob no big deal. I would imagine that putting glue on it should fix it..however I am pretty surprised that its coming a part. i figured they would hold up better. I live in the desert so I doubt its an issue with humidity. is this because i stack them on top of each other? Am i somehow storing them wrong?

[olivia1]

Here are some pictures

[Amanda_04]

I just got the Tarot of Vampyres a few months ago and the box has come unglued already. I have moved it around quite a bit... but not overly so I wouldn't think... it's just big, bulky, the materials are flimsy and it doesn't have a secure place inside for the deck. I've got them in a ziplock bag and they're just kind of banging around in there with the book when I move it. More decks should come in boxes with tighter fits and heavier/thicker materials.

[olivia1]

Originally Posted by Amanda_04

I just got the Tarot of Vampyres a few months ago and the box has come unglued already. I have moved it around quite a bit... but not overly so I wouldn't think... it's just big, bulky, the materials are flimsy and it doesn't have a secure place inside for the deck. I've got them in a ziplock bag and they're just kind of banging around in there with the book when I move it. More decks should come in boxes with tighter fits and heavier/thicker materials.

yes, i am just amazed because I know a lot of people collect MRP decks/sets so I thought maybe I was just doing something wrong? Surely, everyone else's isnt falling apart or there would be more talk about it? I own one other other boxed set. It is the Wizards Tarot but the box has a different design to it.that one is holding up well. Granted, I have only had it for a few months. Ive had the others for years.

How are your cards holding up in the ziplock bag? I once put my fenestra in a ziplock bag. This was awhile back ago and I was living in Philadelphia at the time. The cards ended up warping due to the humidity?

[Amanda_04]

Originally Posted by olivia1

yes, i am just amazed because I know a lot of people collect MRP decks/sets so I thought maybe I was just doing something wrong? Surely, everyone else's isnt falling apart or there would be more talk about it? I own one other other boxed set. It is the Wizards Tarot but the box has a different design to it.that one is holding up well. Granted, I have only had it for a few months. Ive had the others for years.

How are your cards holding up in the ziplock bag? I once put my fenestra in a ziplock bag. This was awhile back ago and I was living in Philadelphia at the time. The cards ended up warping due to the humidity?

The cards are okay so far... I don't want to keep them in the ziplock bag but I've run out of tarot bags for the time being. But I've been getting them out on a regular basis so they're getting some air.

I could probably glue the box, but I just don't like it. It would probably come unglued again easily because of the way it's made... which is just like the Shadowscapes. Big box with book and deck, nothing to hold the cards in place (no inner box, just came in shrinkwrap) and an insert to keep the book and deck separated.

[VGimlet]

Well, mine are in a china hutch, everything is stored on end, and because it's not a book case they don't get knocked around much.

I think a dedicated tarot shelf would work just as well.

I also put my regular boxed deck on top of my larger boxes for sets. But they are so tightly packed when that happens it doesn't cause damage. If I am using the deck regularly, I keep it in a bag not a box.

[ThunderWolf]

I haven't bought any MRP decks, but I have a small tuck box for my Ellen Cannon Reed Witches Tarot that I carry inside the bag with the cards inside the box. After so many years of carrying it around it got banged up, torn, etc. I used some clear Scotch brand shipping tape to "reconstitute" the box. It did a wonderful job! It tightened up the loose/lax feel to the box where it had been bent or torn, and it gave it it's original sturdy shape back.

[olivia1]

Originally Posted by Amanda_04

The cards are okay so far... I don't want to keep them in the ziplock bag but I've run out of tarot bags for the time being. But I've been getting them out on a regular basis so they're getting some air.

of course, the card stock could also be different from my fenestra... But I was using the ziplock bag as a tarot bag because I didnt think to save the box. I was using the deck regularly because it was pretty much my only deck at the time and it still warped.It did that weird thing were it kind of bent length wise so it looked like I was shuffling the deck that way but I really wasnt..

[olivia1]

Originally Posted by VGimlet

Well, mine are in a china hutch, everything is stored on end, and because it's not a book case they don't get knocked around much.

I think a dedicated tarot shelf would work just as well.

I also put my regular boxed deck on top of my larger boxes for sets. But they are so tightly packed when that happens it doesn't cause damage. If I am using the deck regularly, I keep it in a bag not a box.

yes, mine too. I keep them on a shelf in my closet and I am extra careful with them because I know I wont ever be able to replace them if they get damaged. Being in a closet, they dont even see the light of day. I dont even use my MRP decks (because I like to read with my RWS) and the boxes still got damaged! That is only for the sets though. The boxes for the individual decks are holding up fine

[olivia1]

Originally Posted by ThunderWolf

I haven't bought any MRP decks, but I have a small tuck box for my Ellen Cannon Reed Witches Tarot that I carry inside the bag with the cards inside the box. After so many years of carrying it around it got banged up, torn, etc. I used some clear Scotch brand shipping tape to "reconstitute" the box. It did a wonderful job! It tightened up the loose/lax feel to the box where it had been bent or torn, and it gave it it's original sturdy shape back.

That's awesome. I suppose that would be my last resort then. But I had almost hoped to hear I was doing something wrong so I could learn how to keep the boxes from coming a part even further. Oh well, I suppose it was bound to happen eventually anyway. At least the cards themselves look good. Still its somewhat of a Downer since I have these cards for collector's purposes and now the boxes are coming undone